Travelling Light

TRAVELLING LIGHT was purchased by the Hollywood Syndicate at the 2018 National Yearling Sale. This filly is sired by Gimmethegreenlight, out of the dam Tina’s Trip (Trippi), and was bred by Drakenstein Stud.

She is a filly by Gimmethegreenlight who incidentally sired the Daily News 2000 champion, Surcharge.

She is from the same family that produced the likes of Captain Al, Thunder Dance, Battlestar Express, Shadow Dancing etc. So she has a proper family tree.

She was an easy purchase at the National Yearling sale, being one of the first fillies I looked at with Glen Kotzen who was eager to have a second look at her.

I was particularly impressed with her demeanor and specifically with the way she walked. She is extremely well conformed and this is backed up in by an impressive pedigree.

She has settled well into her new environment and although she still has a bit of growing to do, she is a very racy looking filly and is filling out nicely.

Travelling Light was sold on behalf of the Berg Thoroughbred Co Op, which comprises of seven grooms, who had purchased, raised and prepared the weanling. Read more here!

Updates – Travelling Light

May 23rd, 2019
Travelling Light steps up for her biggest test to date on Saturday 25th May 2019, in the Gr1 Alan Robertson.

We have always had high hopes for this filly as she has shown so much ability in her work at home. Her debut winning time was the third fastest ever, by a Juvenile at Scottsville – just 1 second slower than the course and distance record which was set by a much older horse (Sommerlied). She has taken the run well and she now steps up to the 1200m in Grade 1 company, for the R750 000 – Gr1 Alan Robertson. Every owner of a two year old filly wants to win this, so to have a runner in the race is telling. She is fast and she is definitely not out of her league in this company, we give her a nice each way chance. See the final field here:

May 12th, 2019Travelling Light does what we expected and trounced the opposition on debut. She is certainly above average and is one to follow. Well done to Garth Puller and the team for getting her to this stage and congrats to Serino Moodley for a solid ride.

May 10th, 2019
She has really progressed the way we were hoping she would. She isn’t a big filly, but what she lacks in size she makes up for with class and intelligence. She has been nominated for her debut run this Sunday 12th May 2019 and she is expected to go very close to winning. The signs are there, that she is certainly above average. Final field below.

February 11th, 2019
We have made the decision to move Travelling Light to Durban, before her career starts. This was a strategic decision that falls in line with what we are looking to achieve with our horses. KZN has always been a happy hunting ground for the syndicate and we are looking forward to seeing this filly at either Greyville or Scottsville in future.

November 16th, 2018
Update on Travelling Light, from the Woodhill Racing team

She is really maturing into a smart, quality looking filly. She is progressing well and we are very happy with the way she is going.

October 5th, 2018Video report update on Travelling Light, sent by the Woodhill Racing team:

September 10th, 2018
Video report for Travelling Light:

September 7th, 2018
As young fillies go, if we keep buying fillies that look like this smart looker it will only be a matter of time before we “strike gold”. She has really turned into a sight to behold and she should run early.

Up until now, she has really taken it all in her stride. So much so, that she was one of the first to leave the spelling farm and she has joined up with Glen Kotzen at his world class establishment in Paarl (Western Cape).

She is a very racy filly with a strong pedigree to back up her claims. We look forward to seeing her line up at the 1000m/1200m at Kenilworth, in the months to come.